Means for protecting articles of food.



A. YOLIN & R. TBXIN. MEANS PoR PROTBGTING ARTICLES or FOOD.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 26, 1913.

Patented Dec. 16, 1913.

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AARON YOLIN .AND REUBIN TEXXN, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

MEANS FOR ROTECTNG ARTICLES 0F FOOD.

Application filed June 26, 1913.

Specification of Letters ratei/1t.

Patented Dec. 16,1913.

Serial No. 775,864.

() all fui/10m, t 11mg/ concern:

Be it known that we, AARON YoLiN and Runnin Tnxiiv, citizens of the United States, and residents ot' N ew York city, borough of the Bronx, county ot' the Bronx, N ew York, and N ew York city, borough or" hlanhattan, co ntf. and State of New i ork, respectively, have invented certain new and useful imprcvements in iti/leans tor Protecting Articles oit Food, of which the following is a specification.

"llhere articles of food and the like, such as milk, bread, meat, etc., are lett outside of a persons door, such as in apartment houses, 'there is danger that such articles will be stolen.

rihe object of our invention is to provide means to enable the party leaving such articles to lock the same in a receptacle so that only the nerscn tor whom the articles are intended may remove the same, our improvements being adapted to be applied on a door or the like in such manner that a person 'ithin the room only will have access to the devices tor releasing the articles.

Uur invention comprises novel details of improvement and combinations of parts that will. be more fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein,

Figure 1 is a side elevation ot' our improvements applied on a door, and shown adapted to retain milk jars; Fig. 2 is a vertical section substantially on the line 2, 2, in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an irregular horizontal section substantially on the line 8, 3, in Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is an inverted plan view of the receptacle, parts being removed; Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5, 5, in Fig. 3, and Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5, showing the parts in different positions.

The numeral 1 indicates a receptacle, frame or the like, which may be of any suitable construction, and it is shown adapted to receive a milk jar A. Means are provided for removably securing receptacle 1 upon a support, such as upon a door 2. Forthis purpose we have shown the door provided with a vertically disposed guide 3 adapted to receive guides 4 on one side of receptacle l, the latter being shown'provided with a stop 5 (Fig. 1) adapted to bear upon guides 3 to limit downward movement of the receptacle relatively to the guides, said guides being shown in substantially dovetail shape to retain the receptacle upon the door or support 2. At its lower portion the plate 3 that carries the guides 3 is shown provided with an opening 3b alined with a recess 2a in the door, through which recess and door a plunger G is guided and adapted to be operated by a lever or handle 7 shown provided with a cam-like end 8 to push said plunger. Said lever is shown pivoted upon ears 9 on plate 10 secured upon the inner tace of the door in position to push said plunger outwardly.

At 11 is a plate guided beneath the bottom wall 1EL of receptacle 1 and having a projection 11l adapted to pass through an opening in the rear wall of receptacle 1 and to enter the recess 3b, for locking the receptacle to the guides B. A. spring 1Q attached at one end to the bottom 12L and at its other end to plate 11 (Fig. 4), serves normally to draw said plate and its projection 11a in an out vard direction to enter said projection in said recess 3b, with the lever 7 in the position shown in Fig. 3, but when it is desired to release the receptacle from the door the lever 7 is swung around on its pivot to cause its cam portion 8 to push plunger 6 inwardly, said plunger thereupon pushing projection 11aand plate 11 inwardly suiiiciently far to enable said projection to pass out of recess 3b and thereby enable the receptacle to be lifted from the guides 3.

lo lock the articles of food in the receptacle, such as the milk ar A we provide the following arrangement: it opposite sides of receptacle 1 vertically disposed opposed arms 14 are pivoted between their ends, said arms being shown provided with lugs 14, pivoted het-weon ears 15 on the sides of the receptacle. rl" he arms 14 at their lower ends are shown provided with inwardly extending projections 1-1, that extend under a plate 16 located above the bottom 1a of the receptacle, said plate being shown provided with recesses 1Ga receiving the lower reduced end portions 14c of arms 14 (Figs. 8 and 6). Plate 1G is provided with a. locking hook 17 adapted to pass through an opening 1b in the bottom 1a oi' the receptacle and through an opening 11b in plate 11. Beneath plate 11 is a plate 18 having an opening 18a opposed toopenings 11b and 1b, and adapted to receive hook 17. Plate 18 also has a projection 18b passing through the side opening of the receptacle and adapted to coact with the projection 11a, the outer end of which is shown bent downwardly in hook-like form to bear upon the end of projection 18b to push the latter inwardly. A spring 19 connected with bottom 1a and plate 18 normally tends to draw plate 18 to the lett in Figs. 5 and G into operative relation to projection 11a. -Plates 11 and 18 are shown guided by pins 20 and 21 projecting from bottom 1a and entering slots Q2, Q1" in plates 11 and 18 (see Fig. il). While plates 11 and 18 have movement .independent of each other at certain times, and move together at other times, means are provided for retaining plate 18 in an outward position when jar A is to be placed in the receptacle and Jfor releasing said plate to enable it to act with hook 17 to lock the arms 14C upon jar A. For the latter purpose we have shown plate 18 provided with a stop 18 adapted to engage a spring-pressed arm or lever 28 pivoted on the under side of bottom 1LL (seel Fig. 4C). Arm or lever 28 is shown provided with a hook-likel portion 28 adapted to engage stop 18c when plate 18 is pushed away from the door to retain said plate in an outward position to enable the hook 17 to pass through said plate when arms 14 are tilted outwardly at their upper ends to admit the jar between them, whereupon the lower ends 111b of said arms raise plate 16 and hook 17. A spring Q4; is shown coiled around the pivot 25 of arm or lever 23 and bearing at its ends against a wall of the receptacle and against hook 28 to cause said hook to engage stop 18C. A t the bottom of receptacle 1 is secured a plate 30 to protect the devices below bottom 1a.

When the device is to be applied upon the door or support the lever 7 is swung to the position shown in Fig. 3, the guides l are placed above the guides 3, and the projection 11a, by bearing against plate 3a, is pushed inwardly and thereupon the device is lowered along the guides 3 until the stop 5 limits the downward movement ot the receptacle, whereupon projection 11a will enter recesses 3b and 2a and lock the receptacle on the door, both plates 11 and 18 being then moved toward the door by their respective springs 12 and 19, andv hook 17 will then be locked by plate 18 to prevent the plate 16 'from rising and arms 1L1 will thus be locked closed. To set the empty ar in the receptacle and leave the jar in position to be removed by the milkman, and to enable a jar of milk to be inserted in the receptacle, the customer then swings lever 7 around so that its cam portion pushes plunger G toward the receptacle, whereupon both projections 11a and 18b are pushed outwardly, moving their respective plates outwardly, and hook 23a engages stop 18 and retains plate 18 in the outward position (indicated in Fig. 6), lever 7 is then swung back to the position sho-wn in Fig. 8, whereupon plate 11 will be drawn inwardly by` its spring 1Q, and the projection 11a will again enter recesses 8b and 2a, leaving the receptacle locked upon the door, but hook 17 will be free to pass through the several plates (Fig. 6). Arms 14 now will be tree to tilt and plate 16 and hook 17 can rise to enable removal of the ar, and insertion in the receptacle of the new jar of milk, which jar will rest upon plate 16, the latter will descend and arms 14e will be swung back against the jar, as indicated in Fig. 2, and then the milkman will pass a suitable key through the opening 1d in a wall of the receptacle, and push arm or lever Q3 to release its hook 23 from stop 18, whereupon spring 19 will pull plate 18 toward the door, as in Fig. 5, and thus lock hook 17 against rising, so that the arms 14 cannot thenbe tilted outwardly at their upper ends to release the jar, since the projections 1111 of said arms are held down by plate 16 which is then locked against rising by hook 17 lying under plate 18. When the customer desires to remove the jar ot milk from the receptacle she again swings lever 7 in the manner' above described to cause its cam portion to push plunger 6 outwardly, whereupon plates 11 and 18 are pushed outwardly thereby causing plate 18 to release hook 17 and be again retained in the outward position by hook 28a engaging stop 18C, enabling arms 14 to be tilted outwardly to release the jar and, as projection 11a is then pushed out of recess 3b, the receptacle with the jar of milk may be removed Jfrom the door, or the jar ot milk may be removed from the receptacle and the latter left upon the door. From the foregoing it will be understood that after the jar of milk has been placed in the receptacle and the plate 18 released from the arm or lever Q8, the jar cannot be removed without plate 18 irst being moved outwardly to carry it out of alinement with hook 17, and thus the milk ar is securely locked against surreptitious removal.

l/Vhile we have illustrated and described our improved device as adapted to retain milk jars locked therein, it will be understood that our improvements may be adapted to locking other articles in a frame or receptacle that are customarily left outside customers doors, and while we have shown the receptacle as provided with means for retaining a single article against surreptitious removal, it will be understood that the receptacle may be provided with several sets of the devices described for retaining more than one article, such as two or more ars of milk, if desired; also that changes may be made in the details of construction 'and alsy rangements set forth, within the scope off the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having now described Aour invention what we claim is l. The combination `of a receptacle, retaining arms movably carried thereby, a hook operatively connected with said arms to retain the same locked, a plate adapted to coact with said hook, means to retain said plate in locking relation to said hook to prevent operation of said arms, and means to retain said plate out of coaction with said;

A operative means between said arm and the hook to release said arms.

2. The combination of a receptacle, retaining arms movably carried thereby, a hook;

operatively connected with said arms to retain the same locked, a plate adapted to coact with said hook, means to retain said plate y in locking relation to said hook to prevent operation of said arms, an arm carried by said receptacle and having means to engage said plate and hold it out of coactive relation with said hook, and means to move said plate into locking relation with said arm.

3. The combination of a receptacle, retaining arms movably `carried thereby, a hook operatively connected with said arms to retain the same locked, a plate adapted to coact with said hook, means to retain saidf` plate in locking relation with said hook to prevent operation of said arms, means to retain said plate out of coaction with sai-d hook to release said arms, a second plate having a projection extending through said receptacle, and vmeans for operating the first named plate with the second named plate.

4. The combination of a receptacle, retaining arms movably carried thereby, a hook operatively connected with said arms to retain the same locked, a plate adapted to coact with said hook, means to retain said plate in locking relation with said hook to prevent operation of said arms, means to retain said plate out of coact-ion with said hook to release said arms, and a second plate having a projection extending through said receptacle, the first named plate having a projection coacting with the projection of the second named plate for operation of the first named plate with the second named plate.

5. The combination of a. receptacle, retaining arms movably carried thereby, a hook operatively connected with said arms to retain the same locked, a pair of plates having projections adapted to pass through said receptacle, said plates having openings to permit 'the passage of said hook, one of said plates being adapted to engage said hook to retain said arms in locked position, means to retain said plate out of locked relation with said hook, the projection of one plate coacting with the projection of the other plate to move the latter relatively to the hook to unlock the latter from its locking plate.

6.` The combination of a receptacle, retaining arms movably carried thereby, 'a hook Aoperatively connected with said arms to retain the same locked, a pair 'of plates having projections adapted to pass through said receptacle, said plates having lopenings to permit the passage of said hook, one of said plates being adapted to #engage said hook to retain sai-d arms in locked position, an arm carried by the receptacle, and colast named plate to retain said plate out ot' locking relation with sai'd hook.

7. The combination of a receptacle, retaining arms movably carried thereby, a hook operatively connected with said arms to retain the same locked, a pair of plates having projections adapted to pass through said receptacle, said plates having openings to permit the passage 'of said hook, one of said plates being adapted to engage said hook to retain said 'arms in locked position,

an arm carried by the receptacle, coperative means between said arm and the last named plate to retain said plate out of locking relation with said hook, and springs to move said plates into the normal locking positions.

8. The combination of la receptacle, retaining arms movably carried thereby, a hook operatively yconnected with said arms to retain the same locked, a pair of plates having projections adapted to pass through said receptacle, said plates having openings to permit the passage of said hook, one yof said plates being adapted to engage 'said hook to retainsaid arms in locked position, an arm carried by the receptacle and provided with a hook, a stop upon the last named plate to coact with said hook, and a spring operatively connected with said arm to retain it and said stop in coactio-n to retain said plate out of locking relation with said hook.

9. The combination of a receptacle, retaining arms movably carried thereby, a plate between the lower parts of said arms, said arms having pro-jections coacting with said plate, said plate having a hook, a pair of apertured plates receiving said hook, means to move said plates together in one direction, and means to retain one of said plates out of locking relation with said hook.

l0. The combination of a receptacle, retaining arms movably carried thereby, a plate between the lower parts of said arms, said arms having projections coact-ing with said plate, said plate having a hook, a pair of apertured plates receiving said hook, said plates having projections, the projectionof one plate being adapted to operate the projection of the other plate, and means to retain the last named plate out of locking relation with said hook.

11. The combination of a receptacle, retaining arms movably carried thereby, a plate between the lower parts of said arms, said arms having projections coacting with said plate, said plate having a hook, a pair of apertured plates receiving said hook, said plates having projections, the projection of' one plate being adapted to operate the projection of the other plate, an arm carried by said receptacle and provided with a hook, and a stop on the last named plate to coact with said hook to retain said plate out of locking relation with said hook.

12. rlhe combination ot' a receptacle, retaining arms movably carried thereby, a plate between the lower parts of said arms, said arms having inwardly extending projectio-ns beneath said plate, said plate having a hook extending downwardly a pair of apertured plates receiving said hook, means for moving said plates relatively to said hook, and means for retaining one of said plates out of locking relation with said hook.

13. The combination of Aa receptacle, retaining arms movably carried thereby, a hook operatively connected with said arms to retain the same locked, a pair of apertured plates receiving said hook, said plates having coacting projections passing through said receptacle, a guide `for supporting said receptacle and having a recess to receive said projections, a lever, means to cause said lever to operate said projections to release the latter from said guide, and means to retain one of said plates out of locking relation to said hook.

14. rlhe combination of a receptacle, re-

taining arms movably carried thereby, a hook operatively connected with said arms to retain the same locked, a pair of apertured plates receiving said hooks, said plates having coacting projections passing through said receptacle, a guide for supporting said receptacle and having a recess to receive said projections, a lever, a plunger to operate said projections, means upon said lever to operate said plunger to push said plates relatively to said hook and to release said projections from said guide, and means to retain one of said plates out of locking relation with said hook.

15. The combination of a support, a guide carried on one side thereof and provided with a recess, a plunger alined with said recess and passing through said support, a lever pivoted on the support on the side opposite said guide and adapted to operate said plunger, a receptacle having means for detachably supporting it upon said guide, retaining arms movably carried by said receptacle, a plate between said arms and coacting therewith, said plate having a hook, a pair of plates having apertures receiving said hook, said plates having projections to aline with said plunger and adapted to enter the recess in said guide to lock the recepta- .cle thereto, and means to retain one of said plates out of locking relation with said hook. Signed at New York city, in the county of New York, and State of New York, this 25th day of June, 1913.

AARON YOLIN. REUBIN TEXIN. Witnesses:

T. F. BOURNE, MARIE F. WAINRIGHT.

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